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State health officials say it may not sound like it, but that's actually good news.
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Meghan Muldoon joins us with a flu update for the state.
Meghan, what's the latest?
So far, Jean, the flu has claimed the lives of eight people in Virginia
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but state health officials say there has been no new or dramatic flu activity in the last couple of weeks and they are hopeful the worse may be over.
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Even though we are about half way through the season, State health officials say it is still not too late to get a flu shot
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They are especially encouraging those at high risk to call around for the vaccine.

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Members of Roanoke City Council have filled an empty seat on the school board.
Today, they appointed Alvin Nash on a unanimous vote.
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Nash replaces Melinda Payne who recently resigned from the school board.
Nash says he hopes he can help the school system move beyond recent controversies.
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((ALVIN NASH: I THINK THERE ARE SOME TOUGH ISSUES THAT NEED TO BE RESOLVED. AND YOU CAN'T RESOLVE THEM, I WAS TALKING TO SOMEONE ABOUT THROWING SOME HAND GRENADES, YOU THROW SO MANY THEY START COMING BACK AT YOU. SO I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT A WAY TO RESOLVE AND MOVE FORWARD. THE EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM IS EXTREMELY IMPORTANT, THIS IS SERIOUS BUSINESS, AND THE IMAGES THAT ARE OUT THERE ARE JUST NOT THAT GOOD.))
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Nash currently serves as the President of the Blue Ridge Housing Network.
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[5-Airport-Security]

Hold out your finger and give your fingerprint. That's what some foreigners are being asked to do as they arrive in the U-S.
The new program is facing both applause and criticism.
Drew Levinson has more from Kennedy Airport in New York.
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((For Millions of Foreigners arriving at Americas airports its a new way to say hello. Theyre being fingerprinted and photographed.
It's another line of defense--another way to try to keep terrorists off U-S soil.
TOM RIDGE/DIRECTOR OF HOMELAND SECURITY:
UNFORTUNATELY SOME PEOPLE HAVE SOUGHT TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF OUR OPEN ARMS
AND WELCOMING SHORES SO WE MUST PROTECT OUR CITIZENS AND OUR VISITORS
FROM THOSE WHO WISH US HARM.
Customs agents can now instantly check an immigrant or visitors
criminal background by through national datadbases.
Federal authorities say the process adds less than a minute to the time it already takes to get through customs.
Some passengers admit its a slight inconvenience.
ASHUKO OKAMOTO/JAPANESE VISITOR:
I DONT KNOW, IT WAS OK WITH ME.
A LITTLE NERVOUS?
YEH A LITTLE NERVOUS WHEN THEY ASKED ME TO PUT FINGER ON IT BUT IT IS
OK.
DREW LEVINSON:
AS MUCH AS THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY MAINTAINS THIS ENHANCES
SECURITY, THERE ARE CRITICS WHO COMPLAIN THIS NEW PROGRAM OF FINGERPRINTING AND PHOTOGRAPHING TREADS ON PERSONAL PRIVACY.
And theres the issue that its not for everyone.
Visitors from 27 countries-- whose citizens are allowed to come to the United States for up to 90 days without visas are exempt.
Michael G. Cherkasky/Security Specialst, Kroll Inc.:
WE CANT DO IT AD HOC, CANT DO IT FOR ONE GROUP AND NOT OTHERS, WE NEED
TO DO IT ACROSS THE BOARD AND NOT ON THE BASIS OF RACE, RELIGION OR
NATIONAL ORIGIN.
And its not at only airports-this is also being done at 14 major
seaports and eventually the borders. The fingerprinting and picture
taking will be repeated when visitors leave the country...its another
just sign of how this country has changed since September 11th.
Drew Levinson, CBS News, New York.))

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Arab Institute Head John Zogby says the U-S doesn't have a database of fingerprints of terror suspects, therefore he says the program likely won't keep terrorists out of the country.

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Coming up next on the newscast, a popular Gospel Singer has died. Plus we'll tell you why Britney Spears hopes a judge takes quick action to end her quickee marriage.
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[5-Clark-Taxes]

If you make more money, you should pay more taxes. That's the word today from Democratic Presidential Candidate Wesley Clark.
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Clark says he'd like to reduce taxes on lower and middle class families by shifting more of the burden to the wealthiest Americans.
He claims his plan is simple.
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Taxpaying families with children making under 100-thousand dollars a year would also get a tax cut.
Clark says to pay for the changes, he would repeal tax cuts for those making more than 200-thousand dollars a year.

He would also increase tax rates another five percent for those who make one million dollars or more a year.

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A popular Southern Gospel singer has died.
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Jake Hess passed away Saturday in Alabama.
The 76-year old singer had been hospitialized since a heart attack last month.
A four-time Grammy winner who's in the Southern Gospel Music Hall of Fame, Hess is best known to contemporary audiences as a regular member of ``Bill Gaither's Homecoming Friends.''
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During his 60-year career, Hess also founded the Imperials and sang with The Statesmen Quartet.
As a teenager, Elvis Presley was a regular at Statesmen concerts.
Presley frequently told reporters Hess was his favorite singer.

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It's frost bite of a differnt kind and now a
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a baby manatee in Florida is struggling to survive after a recent cold snap.
Biologists rescued the 2-month old sea cow off the coast of Miami, saying it's struggling from cold stress, similar to frost bite.
Biologists say the manatee got sick after a cold snap a month ago.
The baby manatee is also suffering an infection and is now at the Miami seaquariam.
The young manatee has a 25 to 50 percent change of surviving.
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[5-Britney]

There wasn't much of a honeymoon in Las Vegas for the ex-Mrs. Jason Alexander.
Otherwise known as Britney Spears, a judge has just undone her weekend wedding. He has signed the order to annul Spears' two-day-old marriage to a childhood friend.
Chris Lawrence has more.
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(Maybe it was a wedding performance at last years MTV Awards that gave
Britney Spears the inspiration. Or that kiss with Madonna, whos also a
married woman.
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Whatever the reason, Spears says she lacked understanding of her actions
when she got hitched on the spur of the moment. And her lawyer filed
annulment papers Monday in a Las Vegas courtroom.
Family members say the groom is back home in Louisiana and just wants to
go back to being plain old Jason Allen Alexander. His brief brush with
fame came as, of all things, Mr. Britney Spears.
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This is not just some guy she met in a bar.
Caroline Schaefer of US Weekly says the childhood friends were partying
in Las Vegas Saturday and took a joke just a bit too far.
(Caroline Schaefer/US Weekly Editor)
This is somebody shes spent a lot of time with, that she cares a lot
about. Whether or not she was planning on becoming his wife this
weekend? I dont think so.
(Chris Lawrence/CBS News)
Designers like Dolce and Gabana would kill to dress a celebrity
wedding, but could even they pull off the look Spears was going for?
(Larry Hackett/People Magazine Editor)
She was wearing blue jeans and a baseball cap, and he was wearing kind
of a casual shirt.
There wasnt even time to honeymoon as the couple signed a marriage
license and annulment papers the same day. But it does give new meaning
to that advertising slogan: What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. Chris
Lawrence, CBS News, Hollywood.)

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Up next on the newscast, if you got used to this weekend's warm weather... you're not going to like what Robin has to say.
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Then a little bit later, we'll see the next hot thing rolling off a Detroit assembly line.
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The Mars rover is passing all its health checks. Spirit's sensitive instruments so far appear up to the job. Manuel Gallegus has more from mission headquarters in Pasadena, California.
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WITH REPORTERS WEARING 3-D GLASSESNASA SHOWED-OFF A NEW 3-D IMAGE FROM
THE SURFACE OF MARS-A PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE BARREN PLANET THROUGH THE
CAMERA EYES OF THE ROVER SPACECRAFT SPIRIT.
OFF IN THE DISTANCE, ABOUT FIFTY FEET AWAY IS A CRATER THAT TIRED
SCIENTISTS HAVE NICKNAMED SLEEPY HOLLOW.
AT THIS POINT THATS WHERE THEYD LIKE THE ROVER TO GO FIRST.
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its a hole in the ground , its a window into the interior. //edit��
Its a very very exciting feature for us.
SO FAR ITS BEEN A PICTURE PERFECT JOURNEY FOR SPIRIT-303 MILLION MILES
FROM EARTH A TENSE ENTRYAND THEN A SERIES OF HUGE BOUNCES ACROSS THE
MARTIAN SURFACE TO ITS RESTING PLACE IN GUSEV CRATER THEY THEORIZE THE
CRATER ONCE HELD WATER
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What theyre trying to do with rovers is find out was it there long
enough did it persist long enough on the surface before it vanished to
give life a chance to grab a toe-hold on Mars.
Stand-up-
THE NEXT STEP IS FOR SCIENTISTS TO TELL THE ROVER TO LOWER ITS WHEELS
THATS GOING TO TAKE A FEW DAYS.
AFTER THATSPIRIT WILL ROAM WHERE THEY TELL IT TO GO. THE CRAFT SHOULD
WORK FOR AT LEAST THREE MONTHS. AND IN A COUPLE OF WEEKSITS TWIN ROVER
OPPORTUNITY IS SCHEDULED TO LAND ON MARS. OPPORTUNITY WAS THE BACK UP
IN CASE SPIRIT FAILED BUT SO FAR ALL SYSTEMS ARE GO.
MANUEL GALLEGUS, CBS NEWS PASADENA.))

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Coming up a little later, we'll see how investors on Wall Street fared today.
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and while it's not a done deal, it's beginning to look like Pete Rose is a safe bet for the Hall of Fame. Mike Stevens will have the details next in Sports.
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[S5-Rose]

Good evening everybody.
If the start of the new year is any indication - we're all in trouble.
Thanks to great showings by LSU and Southern Cal we have not one, but two college football national champs.
Britney Spears has not one, nor two, but no husbands tonight after her latest escapade.
And to top it off, the one and only Pete Rose has finally admitted to betting on baseball.
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For 14 years he has adamantly denied betting on the game he loves so much.
But in an interview with ABC's Charlie Gibson, Rose is telling all.
The admission should not only open, but kick in the door to the hall of fame that has been locked since 1989.
Why now?
Rose says it's time for him to take responsibility, his critics say it's to make some cash.
His new book, "My Prison without Bars" comes out on Thursday.
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[S5-Hoops]

The Roanoke College men's basketball team heads into this week's V Foundation tournament as the host school. Steve Mason has more on the field and the feel good event for players, coaches and fans.
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And tonight, UVa hopes to get back on track as the Cavs host William & Mary. It's a nine o'clock tip-off at U-Hall.
Coming up on News 7 at Six - the Fleming Colonels get a pat on the back in council chambers today.
News 7 at Five continues here on Your Hometown Station in just a moment.
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In the market for a new car? The hottest styles are on display this week in the motor city. Stacy case packed her wallet for the trip to Detroit. she gives us a tour of the most
expensive wheels on the road.
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